Gorakhpur Horror: A Ground Report

Bereaved parents in Gorakhpur are still struggling to come to terms with their huge loss. Some sobbing, some too numb in the face of tragedy, hold the authorities responsible for the criminal medical negligence but the government says the sudden rise in deaths in the intevening night of 10th and 11th of August was not due to lack of oxygen supply. So these distraught parents ask - if there was oxygen supply, why were their children not put on it when they were hanging between life and death? Shreya Dhoundiyal brings us this heart-wrenching report.